• It had become nightfall on our journey tot the castle. Tai had talked to himself while asking us all sorts of questions about the place we lived on Earth. We ad finally came over the last hill, and the castle was now just down the road.

    "Oh pretty," Romeo said in awe. We all looked at him. "I like to tell my opinions, thank you!" After he announced that, we went to looking at the white stoned castle, but to look behind in the distance, you'd see almost a mirror image of it. Nightshade was on the other side of Day Dreamers Valley. The castle black, with dark, overhanging clouds by it. It looked like a darkness. It made me shiver, the dreams of being locked up in a dungeon were coming back. Everything I tried to forget were the dreams, that's why I was taken here from being the Oneiropolos.

    They still hadn't told me why Romeo was taken here though.

    "Why'd you bring him?" I randomly asked while, pointing at him.

    "What?" Rachel asked confused.

    "Romeo, what was the reason you brought him with?"

    "You see he's actually important to the legends just like you are Tera. You're the Dreamer as you know, but Romeo has powers also," A.J. explained.

    "The power of childness, idiotic, hyperness?" Tai named off all the things he thought Romeo would be.

    "No," A.J. said.

    "He's the Healer," Mark said eyeing Romeo. "Romeo's kind, good natured, and true to himself, and others. All the good signs of a remarkable Healer," He finished. Romeo's head snapped back over to us, as he heard what Mark said. His eyes weren't excited like usual, but filled with curiosity and fear.

    "Healer?" Romeo questioned. "What's that suppose to mean?"

    "Watch," A.J. took out a hidden blade from his sleeve, and rolled up a sleeve. I never noticed, but he had many scars on that arm. He pressed the cold knife to his arm, soon after we could see crimson. My head ached, it started pounding after seeing the blood. I put a hand to my forehead.

    "Tera are you alright?" Mark asked seeing if I was okay.

    "Yeah I'm fine just a headache," I knew I wasn't okay, but I wasn't going to show weakness now. A.J. told Romeo to put his hand over the wound, and concentrate on wanting to help someone, and things that made him happy. We watched as Romeo closed his eyes to concentrate, while he did this the bleeding stopped and the cut had disappeared, from A.J., except for another scar that was on his arm.

    Romeo had opened his eyes to see if it was true of what A.J. said. He was so surprised at what he had seen.

    "So we really are in an alternate dimension?" He said gulping.

    "Yep those stories you've heard from me are true," I said watching him to see if he'd faint or something. he seemed to be thinking everything over in his head, seeming if leaving home and finding out this new found power was good or not.


    "It's an honor Romeo," Mark starred at Romeo. "You don't need to fell pressured by this. It's your choice what you do with the healing powers," He said reassuringly.

    "Unless Nightshade warriors capture you," Tai said looking straight forward.


    "Tao, you say one more thing to scare him, and I will blow up everything in your workshop. Including this machine we're riding," A.J. threatened with a sickeningly sweet sounding voice, with an innocent smile.

    "You wouldn't' dare?" Tai said tensioning.

    "You know I would," A.J. replied in the same way. After the treat Tai snorted in contempt at A.J. Silence filled in after the fight. We soon arrived at the castle which looked even bigger being next to it.

    Cherry trees lined the castles drive in full bloom. Romeo found it breath taking, A.J. and his family saw it as normal, and I couldn't think of anything to say. The doors had opened to reveal a giant room with dual staircases. A woman standing nearby was waiting for us. Mark walked up to her and gave her a hug.

    "Mark I'm so glad to see you back home!" She exclaimed returning the his hug, and then turning to us. "This must be the Dreamer, and Healer you were speaking of brother," mine and Romeo's mouths dropped in surprise. So that's why they looked so much alike.

    "Oh right this is my sister, Mira. She is one of the other many guardians here. She helps with preparations of spells," Mira had walked up to Romeo and I introducing herself. She had began to explain rules of the castle, what we could, and couldn't do.

    As we watched her I couldn't help but notice that Mira's eyes were different from Mark's blue eyes. They were like a fiery, red, orange. She smiled when she saw me starring. I looked away. Why was she so different? We had been shown around the castle, and Rachel had began to notice my discomfort.

    "Is everything okay sweetie? You're not sick are you?" The concerned look on Rachel's face was making me feel bad for her having to ask that.

    "I'm totally fine! It's just Mark and Mire look so much alike yet........" I didn't get the chance to finish my sentence.

    "Their eyes are completely different?" She had finished my sentence. "Yes I know, surprised me too when I saw her eyes. They look so much like their mothers, especially Mark, but Mira........." she paused thinking what to add on. "She has her father's eyes," I looked ahead towards Mark and Mira who were exuberantly talking away about what had happened while they were away.

    "What were their parents like, Rachel?" I asked looking up to Rachel.

    "Well their mother was quit kind, gentle, but if you got on the wrong side of her you'd want to run," I flinched a bit at this. " Her name was Pearl also. Their father was often gone, but loved his children to death. He'd often be out on missions like Mark has done retrieving you, and keep in touch with them through his mind since he was a powerful physic," Wow to think Mark was related to people like this.